Flash Flood in New Mexico, June 21, 1999

Name: Flash Flood in New Mexico, June 21, 1999
Start: 1999-06-21T20:00
End: 1999-06-21T22:30
Location: New Mexico

June 21, 1999 · NWS MAF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Eddy

When: June 21, 8:00 PM MST to 10:30 PM MST
Where: Eddy County, Carlsbad
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.472, -104.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An upper level disturbance interacted with copious amounts of Pacific moisture from Hurricane Adrian, located south of Baja Mexico, to produce thunderstorms that dropped 4 to 5 inches of rain over southern Eddy county. Flash flooding occurred with over one foot of water reported to cover portions of Dark Canyon Road.

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New Mexico in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in New Mexico, June 1999

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5705850.